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'''THIS WIKI DOCUMENT IS PRIMARILY HISTORICAL AND NOT A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR USER REQUESTS AND FEEDBACK. PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT HERE.'''<br> | |||
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==Separate messages from attachments and store them in a database== | ==Separate messages from attachments and store them in a database== | ||
Current desktop search facilities are much more productive then search tools because of their database oriented approach. | Current desktop search facilities are much more productive then search tools because of their database oriented approach. | ||
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* (Checkbox) "Load attachments" | * (Checkbox) "Load attachments" | ||
** if yes: (Checkbox) "If message is larger than" (Value) kB | ** if yes: (Checkbox) "If message is larger than" (Value) kB | ||
*** (RadioButton a) "Only load first few lines of message text" | *** (RadioButton a) "Only load first few lines of message text" | ||
*** (RadioButton b) "Load message text but skip loading attachments" | *** (RadioButton b) "Load message text but skip loading attachments" | ||
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:Yet this feature could really irritate an experienced user. Probably the message should have a 'Don't say this again' option at the very least... [[User:Randywombat|~Toby]] | :Yet this feature could really irritate an experienced user. Probably the message should have a 'Don't say this again' option at the very least... [[User:Randywombat|~Toby]] | ||
You can open an email and don't open files attached. I think the matter you reportedi s not a problem. It could be a problem ith other eMail client. | |||
== quota == | == quota == | ||
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other would be to send a mail at a different date. | other would be to send a mail at a different date. | ||
=== edit the subject === | |||
Possibility to change the subject in an recieved mail. or to have a second mysubject-line for comments. | Possibility to change the subject in an recieved mail. or to have a second mysubject-line for comments. | ||
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Thanks to whoever might be able to do something about this! Please add to planned features ... | Thanks to whoever might be able to do something about this! Please add to planned features ... | ||
: (In fact, not only Outlook is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-mail_clients#Messages_features known] to have this feature (editing the subjects), but also Lotus Notes.) | |||
: There is a Thunderbird addon which implements this feature (http://forum.addonsmirror.net/index.php?showtopic=1906 , https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/thunderbird/addon/875/ ), but isn't working well over IMAP (looses attachments), as can be seen from the discussion there. Sp, there is indeed a need for a working subject-editing feature in Thunderbird.--[[User:Imz|Imz]] 13:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
== handle of attachments == | == handle of attachments == | ||
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Let me add my push for this... It was a much-used feature in Eudora, and since a lot of Eudora users are migrating to Thunderbird, lets add this capability. It's really handy when you have a very long message, especially with lots of forwards with gunky address lists, rather than go into the forward or reply message and make a huge, scrolling delete of unwanted material... just do as Peter says. Highlight the part you want in the original message, click forward or reply and there you have it... ready to add to or send on. --Jack | Let me add my push for this... It was a much-used feature in Eudora, and since a lot of Eudora users are migrating to Thunderbird, lets add this capability. It's really handy when you have a very long message, especially with lots of forwards with gunky address lists, rather than go into the forward or reply message and make a huge, scrolling delete of unwanted material... just do as Peter says. Highlight the part you want in the original message, click forward or reply and there you have it... ready to add to or send on. --Jack | ||
== Allow | == Allow Address Book import from Outlook without it being the default E-Mail Client == | ||
Outlook is still used a lot for Calendar/Adress Book, so a real | Outlook is still used a lot for Calendar/Adress Book, so a real Address Book synchronization would be best. Until this works though, a workaround would be to let Thunderbird Addressbook-Import backup this Registry Value: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail]@="Mozilla Thunderbird", set it to "Microsoft Outlook", do the import and then resetting the previous Value. | ||
That would prevent the annoying neccesarity having to manually set Outlook as default E-Mail Client. Added a comment to corresponding Bug# 124486 --[[User:Stebs|Stebs]] | That would prevent the annoying neccesarity having to manually set Outlook as default E-Mail Client. Added a comment to corresponding Bug# 124486 --[[User:Stebs|Stebs]] | ||
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== Tagging, annotations, and information management == | == Tagging, annotations, and information management == | ||
'''Tagging''' has already been mentioned multiple times and seems a very important feature for any information system that contains data with '''multiple associations'''. The problem of information management and retrieval for emails is actually very similar to the problem of organizing bookmarks (see http:// | '''Tagging''' has already been mentioned multiple times and seems a very important feature for any information system that contains data with '''multiple associations'''. The problem of information management and retrieval for emails is actually very similar to the problem of organizing bookmarks (see http://pubnotes.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/evolution-of-bookmarking/). | ||
The ability to quickly add and edit tags (projects, events, locations, groups, names) associated with an email, bookmark, etc. provides a selection mechanism that is more specific than free text search. The "traditional" Inbox, Sent, and other folders of multiple accounts can even exist besides the tagging but the folder names and account names need to be integrated as (default) tags. | The ability to quickly add and edit tags (projects, events, locations, groups, names) associated with an email, bookmark, etc. provides a selection mechanism that is more specific than free text search. The "traditional" Inbox, Sent, and other folders of multiple accounts can even exist besides the tagging but the folder names and account names need to be integrated as (default) tags. | ||
'''Annotations''' are as powerful as tags but rarely used so far. The key issue for both tagging and annotations is the user interface. It needs to be a '''"permanent" tool''' like the "new" find, the Firefox extension "Flat Bookmark Editing", or tools in Photoshop that provide direct access and NOT a dialog. | '''Annotations''' are as powerful as tags but rarely used so far. The key issue for both tagging and annotations is the user interface. It needs to be a '''"permanent" tool''' like the "new" find, the Firefox extension "Flat Bookmark Editing", or tools in Photoshop that provide direct access and NOT a dialog. | ||
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Using a database tools like SQLite could be a solution. | Using a database tools like SQLite could be a solution. | ||
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== Delete Folder Contents on context menu == | |||
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Identical to the item on the Trash folder it would be nice to have a "Delete Folder Contents" on the pop-up context menu for all folders. | |||
== 2 suggestions to make Thunderbird really awesome == | |||
I believe these two suggestions practically must be added to Thunderbird... | |||
1) Allow mail filters to selectively run external files, etc. with parameters being somehow sent to the external file (e.g., a voice alert program which could speak out the name of the email sender) | |||
2) For each mail which has been replied to or forwarded (or which is itself a reply), have a link available (around the header information) which leads one to the message to which it was related. This REALLY ties together one's mail and allows one to jump around to e.g., find what one said to someone when they reply without giving your context... | |||
== trusting thunderbird junk-mail system == | |||
Junk-mail engine is very good. By the way I think no many people trust in it. | |||
When many spam mails are received every day, it would be hard to check all junk-flagged emails, in junk folder, to be sure no "valid" emails are marked as junk. | |||
It could then be useful a button, visible only for junk folder, that show you the not-so-sure junk emails, just lowering the junk threshold of a percent (for example 30% less). | |||
Thanks to this feature you could check just a little part of the total junk-flagged emails, and be quite sure on all other emails. | |||
== add text highlighter ability == | |||
I find that I send a lot of information in emails, but need busy people to focus | |||
on a few lines. Using the font color change (eg, to red) is good, but not as | |||
clear as the background. Unfortunately, changing the text "background color" | |||
changes the text for the entire page. | |||
If I use the "insert html", I can use a "span" function to change the background | |||
to yellow (for example) which gives the impression of running a highlighter | |||
over the key text. But it's awkward using the insert html function on all | |||
phrases of key text. | |||
I think a "highlighter" button that allows changing the background text color | |||
(or perhaps just letting the background color apply to the section of text | |||
under focus and implement with span) would be useful and even innovative. | |||
For example, the resulting highlight would look | |||
like <span style="background-color:yellow"> this </span>. | |||
== add Lotus Organizer type functionality == | |||
Lotus Organizer was the best PDA going however it seems to have dropped off the radar. Functionality such as a Notebook and a Year Planner would be a biggy for me. I think the more you could make Thunderbird the electronic Filofax the better. | |||